Dynamics of erosion and deposition events on an intertidal mudbank at Burringham, River Trent, UK

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1155-1166

  Mitchell, S B ^a,b   Couperthwaite, J S ^a   West, J R ^a   Lawler, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition; Erosion; Intertidal mudbank; PEEP system; River Trent

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR STRESS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

PHOTOELECTRONIC EROSION PIN (PEEP) SYSTEM; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

BANK EROSION; DEPOSITION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; MUDFLAT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032790496     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199905)13:7<1155::AID-HYP795>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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